Summertime

Summer

Narcissus, acrylic, jean hart

To see this painting up close click link 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlLEqbr6dKA 

In the first days of summer all I want to do is sit in the sun and read.

Of course that only lasts for about an hour and then my mind starts planning!!!

With my first summer vacation behind me I'm already thinking about the next trip.

"You are young at any age if you're planning for tomorrow." Anonymous,

( he is very wise!!)

I am someone who always has plans.

My son gave me a little tip,

"Do something today that will make you happy tomorrow."

I think that's good advice. Planning makes me happy, it gives me something to look forward to and it keeps me interested in life.

5 strategies for moving forward with a plan.

Make a commitment. What ever it is, commit to it.

Start small. Pick just one or two things to do.

Stick with it. It's so easy to give up.

 Ask yourself if this is really what you want to do,or need to do.

Grow. Often one idea becomes another and another and soon your off doing amazing things!!

 

Summer plan????

Swim everyday, yoga everyday,

Be outside everyday, walking or sitting.

Read everyday, I'm reading little french books.

Paint everyday, I bought a 5' 7' pad of canvas to paint on.

Cook good food everyday, fresh for the season.

and watch movies, listen to music, and laugh everyday.

Travel somewhere you've never been. 

Always have a plan, it's a must.

Be Inspired,

~Jean

www.zazzle.com/jeanhar1*

 

Narcissuss painting

Here is the finial painting of Narcissuss
Acrylic
32" x 36"
Jean Hart
It will be exhibited at the Northeastern Nevada Musuem in Aug. 2013
In the Elements art exhibit
Please enjoy my artwork,
Be Inspired,
~Jean
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_noiFEY0pI

Narcissus, water painting

New painting for the Element Art Exhibit
I am painting five paintings for an exhibit coming up in August 2013 at the Northeastern Nevada Museum.
The group 4womenart, has come up with a theme of "Elements", water, air, fire, earth, and spirit.
Here is my Water painting,
Please enjoy my artwork.
Narcissus
32" x 36"
Acrylic
Jean Hart

In my studies of Greek Mythology I came across this story of Narcissus. I felt it was the perfect subject for a water painting. Although, I have made Narcissus and woman, I feel that this emotional state can just as easily be a woman's issue.

Narcissus -- in Greek mythology, the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Leiriope; he was distinguished for his beauty. His mother was told that he would have a long life, provided he never looked upon his own features. His rejection, however, of the love of the nymph Echo or of his lover AmeiniasThe story may have derived from the ancient Greek superstition that it was unlucky or even fatal to see one's own reflection. In psychiatry and especially psychoanalysis, the term narcissism denotes an excessive degree of self-esteem or self-involvement, a condition that is usually a form of emotional immaturity.

-- Encyclopedia Brittanica   Be Insired, ~Jean www.zazzle.com/jeanhar1*

Blessed....What are merciful actions?

HEALING.....

SOMETIMES IT TAKES

EVERYONE TO HELP.

I was given a set of healing cards. They are so beautifully written.

By Caroline Myss and Peter Occhiogrosso

After I have pulled a card and sat with it for awhile, I like to try to give images to the words.

"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Mercy is a rare word, one hardly spoken. What are merciful actions?

Not judging another; speaking with kind words;

thinking compassionate thoughts about others.

May acts of mercy

come your way.

The first saying, from Psalm 41 of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament, offers an astute psychological insight that is recognized increasingly today. Absorption in our own troubles, or in our unending need for gratification, creates a negative momentum that can lead not only to Narcissus, but to addictive and high-risk behavior as well. When we move the focus of our attention from ourselves to others, we also remove an enormous burden from our backs. The need to satisfy our unrealistically high expectations. As the Dalai Lama might put it,

 compassion is its own reward."

Well, there is it. So well put that I can not offer another word.

Be Inspired,

~Jean

www.zazzle.com/jeanhar1*